Harry Lee Broussard (1909 - 1977)

Born 13 Dec 1909 in Galveston, Texas, United States

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Died 4 Jul 1977 at age 67 in Marion, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Harold was born in 1909^[1] and is on the 1910 Federal census with his parents and an older brother.^[2]

On the 1920 Fed Census he is living as Harold Hylton with his mother and stepfather in California.^[3]

By 1930 he is still using the Hylton surname and has enlisted in the Army stationed in Honolulu, Hawaiian Territory.^[4]

On the 1940 Federal Census he is living in Oregon as Harold Broussard with a wife Anna K and a daughter.^[5]

On the 1950 Federal Census he is still in Oregon with wife Anna and daughter now 12.^[6]

There is a picture of his draft registration card from WWII as Harold Broussard,^[7] dated 16 Oct 1940, on Ancestry which lists his height as 5 ft 6 1/2 in, brown eyes, brown hair and dark completion. On the back of the card with the description is a note from the registration clerk that he had previous military service under the name of Harold Lee Hylton.^[8]

He passed away in 1977. There is a Social Security Application and claims index for Harold Hylton on Ancestry which gives his birthdate, and parents names.^[9]

There is also a Social Security Death Index for Harold Broussard giving the same birth and death dates.^[10]

He is buried with his wife in Salem, Oregon.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VX96-GNZ : 4 April 2020), Harry Lee Broussard, 13 Dec 1909; citing Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States, certificate 73735, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,380,522.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M29N-M74 : accessed 15 November 2020), Harold Lee Brousard in household of J E Brousard, Justice Precinct 6, Chambers, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 2A, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1537; FHL microfilm 1,375,550.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ1-ZCX : accessed 15 November 2020), Harold Hylton in household of Thomas W Hylton, Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 334, sheet 3B, line 86, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 112; FHL microfilm 1,820,112.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH1K-35J : accessed 15 November 2020), Harold L Hylton in household of James P Ward, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 6A, line 16, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2635; FHL microfilm 2,342,369.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRTW-55K : 15 February 2020), Harold Broussard, Ward 6, Salem, Salem Election Precinct 19, Marion, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-72A, sheet 9A, line 17, family 197, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3375.
6. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XVT-G29S : Fri Oct 06 10:40:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Harold L Broussard and Anna K Broussard, 12 April 1950.
7. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22061379?h=966dbf
8. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/22061404?h=90f8b3
9. ↑ (https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Broussard-1699)
10. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5CL-VW1 : 22 August 2020), Harold Broussard, Jul 1977; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
11. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49235023/harold-lee-broussard